{"id":199235,"date":"2022-11-22T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/?p=199235"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:56:52","slug":"margaret-goldstein-a-40-year-journey-of-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/intellectual-property\/blog\/margaret-goldstein-a-40-year-journey-of-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Goldstein: A 40-year journey of discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the past four decades, trademark research has progressed from searching phone books and business directories to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search tools and real-time trademark intelligence<\/a>. Here at Clarivate\u2122, Margaret Goldstein has contributed to that progress through her 40- year career with the company.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hooked on<\/strong> trademarks<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Margaret graduated from college with a degree in psychology, right in the middle of the early 1980s recession. A friend told her about a company in Boston, Thomson & Thomson, that was hiring graduates to do research. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was hired as a trademark analyst and was immediately hooked,\u201d she recalls, noting that she was intrigued by the process of creating new brands and the impact they have. \u201cI would do research on a trademark and then see it in the market a few months later. It was fascinating.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That sense of curiosity has been a constant for Margaret as she has moved through a variety of roles over the years. Her career journey has enabled Margaret to touch virtually every aspect of trademark research\u2014from content acquisition and analyst training to development of search algorithms, custom client solutions and product development.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a unique and valuable perspective on the evolution of the trademark protection industry, having literally led or worked in almost every team that contributes to the products and services we deliver to our customers,\u201d Margaret says.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Navigating the rise of the web<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

While she has witnessed many dramatic changes in the trademark industry, none have been as transformational as the emergence of the internet and the impact of technology on the trademark industry.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was involved in creating products built around the availability of information on the web. I focused on the operational and implementation side, helping define the tools and processes required to search the web effectively,\u201d she explains. This then led into her role developing training to enable analysts to search this new category of unstructured data.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTraining was one of my favorite <\/span>roles at the company,\u201d Margaret says, noting that she particularly enjoyed teaching new analysts, leading them through the process of how a new brand becomes a trademark. \u201cI enjoyed sharing my love of the industry and helping people understand the importance of what we do.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bridging<\/strong> technology and the business<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Margaret also worked on pivotal projects with CompuMark<\/u>\u2122<\/a><\/span> colleagues in Antwerp, Belgium, partnering with knowledge engineers to develop a next-generation trademark search system still used by our analysts. \u201cWe focused on the business requirements, articulating to the technologists what the analysts needed to do their job.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, Margaret is product owner of our analyst-led trademark search products. Here, too, she serves as a liaison between technology teams and the business to help implement the Clarivate search product roadmap. A key element of that roadmap is the integration of diverse datasets into Clarivate products.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re able to incorporate information into our products that really enhances our clients\u2019 ability to assess the risk of pursuing a trademark. This is a huge competitive advantage,\u201d Margaret says, pointing to new Clarivate AI-powered Case Law Prediction Score as an example of this strategy. It combines trademark data with global IP case data\u2014analyzed in real time by AI\u2014in a single workflow, providing greater insight with greater efficiency.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past four decades, Margaret has witnessed a sea of change in the speed of business\u2014and contributed to solutions accelerating the trademark search process. \u201cWhen I started in 1982, the standard turnaround for a full search was three weeks. Now we can deliver an analyst-lead search report in four hours,\u201d she explains, noting that the quality of Clarivate human analysis is just as important to achieving this feat as the data and technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Linking our<\/strong> past with the future<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Given her broad experience, Margaret has become the \u2018go-to\u2019 person for information and answers on anything trademark-search-related. She has unique institutional knowledge and experience, sharing with colleagues what has or has not worked in the past but rest assured,<\/u> Margaret is focused on the future. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI avoid getting stuck in the mindset of \u2018that\u2019s how we\u2019ve always done it.\u2019 You always need to move forward,\u201d she says. \u201cI try to bridge the gap, helping to guide the transition to new trademark solutions, while retaining the strengths that have made us an industry leader.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about how Clarivate is applying AI to accelerate trademark research.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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